TV Anchor Brittany Noble-Jones Celebrates Her Natural Hair On Camera

When it comes to "appropriate hairstyles" for the workforce, black women have long been discouraged to wear their natural hair due to the stigma surrounding it. Recently, TV anchor Brittany Noble-Jones has chosen to no longer allow this form of prejudice to dictate her appearance. Instead, she has found the courage to embrace the beauty of her natural texture on television.

As Yahoo shares, Noble-Jones posted an image of herself behind the news desk on Instagram and Facebook. But instead of wearing her hair straight as she normally would for a news briefing, she wore her hair in braids. "This month I met the first black woman to anchor the news at WJTV [in Mississippi]. It was 1973 and she was rocking a big fro. She said her boss wanted her to "straighten her hair because it wouldn't fit on the 19 inch screen." For the first time in my 8 year career, I decided not to straighten my hair!! Thanks to countless episodes of #blackgirlmagic on #Blackish for giving me the strength to rock these braids on tv. Happy Last day of #blackhistorymonth 2017," she wrote. Soon after, her posts were flooded with positive comments.

Not only was this a significant moment for Noble-Jones who always felt the need to straighten her hair for work, but for women everywhere. Due to the natural hair movement, which has peaked in the past few years, more and more women have felt at liberty to embrace and love their natural hair texture. However, black women continue to face scrutiny (particularly at their jobs) when it comes to natural hair. In 2015, meteorologist Rhonda Lee was fired from her position at Los Angeles news station KTBS after responding to racist comments about her natural hair. And last year a Twitter user shared disturbing results when she searched for "unprofessional hairstyles" on Google and images primarily of women of color with curly hair appeared. Sadly, even the army discriminated against dreadlocks until recently.

In a world where black women have constantly been discriminated against for their natural hair, moments like this are necessary. Curly, straight, kinky, or wavy, your hair is beautiful, and no woman should ever feel forced to change her appearance.